Indian customers will now be able to GCP services directly in Indian currency.(REUTERS)

Google on Wednesday announced the opening its first Google Cloud Platform (GCP) region in Mumbai. The platform will help provide a range of services covering Big Data, Storage and Networking. The platform will also help businesses leverage GCP’s speeds, low latency and performance benefits, according to Google.

Further, the Indian customers will now be able to buy these services directly in Indian currency.

“We are delighted to announce the first GCP region in India. The new region will help customers build applications and store their data, and significantly improve latency for customers and end users in the area,” said Dave Stiver, Product Manager, Google Cloud Platform.

The India region offers several services, including compute, big data, storage and networking.

The launch of the Cloud region, which will have three zones, also opens up newer opportunities for several new partners who will benefit from building their services on Google Cloud.

The new Mumbai region joins Singapore, Taiwan, Sydney and Tokyo in the Asia-Pacific region.

“Hosting applications in the new region can improve latency from 20-90 per cent for end users in Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and, of course, Mumbai, compared to hosting them in the other closest region, Singapore,” Stiver added.

“GCP gave us a low latency network and the ability to optimise costs further with custom machine types. The new India region will help us bring our service even closer to Indian consumers,” said Manish Verma, Chief Technology Officer, Hungama.